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Cranfield, Bedfordshire, S Peter & S Paul
Place Cranfield
S Peter & S Paul
Unitary authority Central Bedfordshire
Lieutenancy area Bedfordshire
Country England
Historic county Bedfordshire
Dove tower ID 17071
Rings 6 (full-circle ring), tenor 17–1–14 in ESee below
Other bellsSee below
Frames 4See below
Grid reference SP955419
Latitude & longitude 52.06793, -0.60729View on map, or get directions from Google MapsList nearest towers
Satnav lat & long No optimised destination for satellite navigation has been submittedAdd details
Postcode MK43 0DR
Diocese St Albans
Church Church of England
Listed grade I by Historic England
Church heritage record 11464
Affiliation Bedfordshire Association
Performances Search for performances on BellBoard
As of last night, BellBoard listed 42 performances here, of which 7 were peals and 1 was in the last two years
Ring of 6, tenor 17–1–14 in E
Bells 6 (full-circle ring)Edit details
Tenor 17–1–14 (1946 lb or 883 kg) in E (645.0 Hz)
Practices Thu
Peals View 7 peals in the Felstead Database
BellWeightNominalNoteDiameterDatedFounderCanonsTurningHanging
17–0–251085.0C♯32.00″2001John Taylor Bellfounders LtdFNFC
28–1–4971.0B34.63″1663John Hodson & William HullYYFC
37–2–26860.0A35.50″1611Newcombe (generic)YYFC
49–1–10813.0G♯38.00″1611Newcombe (generic)RYFC
514–2–4725.0F♯42.38″2001John Taylor Bellfounders LtdFNFC
617–1–14645.0E47.25″1805Robert TaylorYYFC
Source: C Pickford(RWMC;CJND); A Higson
Contributed by: Chris Pickford
Other bells
Bells Edit details
BellWeightNominalNoteDiameterDatedFounderCanonsTurningHanging
Sanctus0–2–212213.0C♯15.38″c1700(unidentified)YY
Details of frames
FrameBellsYearMaterialMakerTrussLayout
3Sanctus<1499Oak3.C & 5.H5.7
2A12001Cast ironJohn Taylor & Co8.3.A.h
2B22001Cast ironJohn Taylor & Co8.3.A.h
13,4,5,62001Cast ironJohn Taylor & Co8.3.C.e4.3
Frame modifications:
Frame 3: c 1599
Frame modified from layout 4.1 by the addition of type 5.H trusses
Contributed by: Chris Pickford
Update log
04/07/2020fr1: truss,layout added; fr2>fr2a,fr2b; fr2a,fr2b: truss added; [Chris Pickford via e-mail]
04/07/20201,2: frameid amended; fr3: details added [Chris Pickford via e-mail]
06/06/20202,3,4,6,Sct: turning added [Chris Pickford via 00013799]
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